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Further Investigating Greater Than, Less Than, and Equal to
Students investigate number relationships such as greater than, less than, and equal to. In this number relationship lesson plan, students use number mats and a fish with a large, open mouth to practice showing number relationships.
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Guided Lesson Explanation for More, less, or Equal
How do you teach kindergartners to count? Use this scripted explanation to show pupils how to solve problems that ask them to determine whether the number of objects in one group is greater than, less than, or equal to the number of...
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Color the Bubbles (More, Less, Equal)
Combine coloring and number comparisons with your youngsters. They use color coding to identify numbers that are less than, greater than, or equal to five. The 20 numbers are enclosed in bubbles, making this more of a fun activity. Note...
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More, Less or Equal?
Your class compares groups of small stars by counting quantities in each of two sets and deciding which has more. They write symbols for greater than, less than, or equal to in a circle between each pair of sets. Two completed samples...
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Button Math
Use buttons, cards, and dice to perform simple math problems! This inventive lesson plan should be quite engaging for young learners. Kindergarteners use buttons to help them understand the concepts of greater than, less than, and equal to.
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Sorting Candy
Lower graders sort and group objects by their different properties. They watch a video about sorting then, sort and organize candy in different groups. Students compare how others sorted their candy. Finally, they decide which group has...
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More and Less Handfuls
Working as a pair, two kindergartners will sit at a table and will pick two handfuls of counters. They will combine their individual handfuls into one, and count their own selection. They will then draw and record their count on a record...
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The Greedy Dog
Teach young mathematicians the concepts of greater than, less than, and equal to with kinesthetic, visual, verbal, and numeric approaches. In a playful session that addresses multiple intelligences, your class will: dramatize a greedy...
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Coin Connections
Help young mathematicians make cents out of the US currency system with this two-part math lesson. Children first learn the names and values for each type of coin, before learning to count and compare the values of coins using the...
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How Many Buttons
Help learners explore the concepts of more than, less than, and equal to. They participate in a button attribute activity, play a game using buttons and a die, draw the sets of buttons in their journal, and play button bingo.
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Coin Comparison Worksheet
Use this one-page worksheet to assess young learners’ ability to correctly compare a series of coins. Each problem asks counters to indicate with the correct symbol whether the total value of the coins in the left column is greater than,...
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Compare Numbers to 100: Interactive Online Practice
Offer your little math scholars exhaustive practice comparing numbers (to 100) and using greater than, less than, and equal to symbols. An interactive online resource provides instant feedback. And you get a second chance when your...
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Comparing Numbers
Young mathematicians spin their way to a deeper number sense with this fun, collaborative activity. Using two spinners, one with the numbers 0-9 and the other with the decades 00-90, pairs of students take turns building and comparing...
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Pumpkin Concentration - Number Dots
This learning exercise provides a downloadable template for a seasonal concentration game. Groups of learners match the dots on pumpkin cards. Related printables provide a template for Pumpkin Concentration with number words. Concept...
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More Than, Less Than, Or Equal To (8)
In this number comparisons instructional activity, students use the greater than, less than, or equal to sign to complete each number sentence.
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Guess the Marbles in the Bag
Use this activity to help your class develop an understanding of greater than, less than, and equal to with numbers valued between 1 and 10. Secretly place a number of marbles (between 1 and 10) in a brown paper bag. Then shake the bag...
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Comparing Numbers Up to 10 Step-by-Step Lesson
A teacher resource, this scripted lesson details how to explain to learners the steps involved in determining which numbers in a series are bigger or smaller than a given number. The referenced pupil learning exercise is not included.
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Unifix Cubes
Support young mathematicians with building a strong foundational number-sense using this series of printable Unifix® cube strips. Adaptable to the teaching of a variety of different concepts, from basic counting and cardinality, to...
Illustrative Mathematics
$20 Dot Map
Challenge the addition skills of young learners with this open-ended math problem. The task is simple, get from start to finish by connecting a series of three numbers. The trick is that the sum of the numbers must be less than or equal...
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Rolling Number Sentences
Budding mathematicians investigate how to write number sentences using the Roll-the-Dice tool in "Kid Pix". They correlate the dots on the dice to numbers and then learn to use the addition and equal symbols to write number sentences....
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Comparing Sets
Kindergarteners and first graders work with Reese's Pieces to explain comparing sets, create comparison sets, and compare sets of numbers and objects. A good lesson that uses a "tasty" manipulative!
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Comparisons: More Than, Less Than or Equal To?
In this comparison worksheet, students use a key to help count objects, then complete a graphic organizer, determining sets of objects as being equal to, less than or greater than.
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Comparisons #5: More than, Less than or Equal to
For this comparison worksheet, students use a key to determine how sets of objects relate to one another; students decide if they are more than, equal to or less than.
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More Monkeys, Fewer Monkeys, Equal Monkeys
Students compare sets of objects. In this identification lesson, students inspect sets of monkeys and identify them as more, less, or equal to the other sets. Students observe a video clip discussing comparisons.